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Controller Wendy Greuel, Councilwoman Jan Perry and radio host Kevin James filed their campaign reports for the 2013 mayorar race, showing it sh ould serve to be a highly competitive race.
Greuel, relying heavily on her friends in the entertainment industry, reported raising $518,152 _ leading all challengers so far.
"From the first day that I opened a committee to raise money fo rmayor, tehre has been such a tremendous outpouring of support all across the city," Greuel said.
Last week, former First Deputy Mayor Austin Beutner filed his reports showing he has raised more than $400,000.
Perry said she will show she has raised $456,000 for the campaign.
James announced he has raised $91,000 for the campaign, which is in 2013.
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will be termed out of office and there are a number of other potential candidates, including Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, Council President Eric Garcetii and developer Rick Caruso.
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Perry, whose downtown region benefited greatly during the building boom, received thousands and thousands of dollars from developers, architects, and real estate firms. Downtown developer Sonny Astani contributed $1,000, as did his brother, Marco Astani, the CEO of Astani Construction. San Francisco-based Swinerton Builders, one of the region's more popular builders, also contributed $1,000. Eric Owen Moss Architects, which is run by architect and Southern California Institute of Architecture director Eric Owen Moss, contributed $500. And Michael Woo, who serves on the city's Planning Commission, contributed $500 to Perry's campaign.
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